Hi guys,
I've been searching through a load of past threads to see if I can find the answer to my questions regarding shower options and while a lot of the info is very helpful for people slightly in the know, I'm afraid I'm starting off in a state of complete ignorance!
Our bathroom situation is as follows:
We currently have no shower as such. We have a mixer tap on the bath, a hose and shower head coming out of it and that's our shower. The water is heated by the immersion.
The water pressure from our shower is only ok but we would like it a bit stronger for showering. Having said that I have no idea how to measure this in bars?! Any shower specs I look up say that such and such is good if you've got x bars of pressure etc. How do you find out what pressure your system works at?
Basically I'm wondering would it be best to just replace the outdated mixer unit on our bath and then get a shower pump installed by the hot water tank to give us that extra pressure for showering (btw our hot water tank looks really small to me so maybe a pump isn't even an option?), or would it make more sense to get an electric power shower installed?
I know noise is an issue with both options, but which is more economical? An electric shower or pump?
Sorry for all the questions, but any info would be really appreciated.
I've been searching through a load of past threads to see if I can find the answer to my questions regarding shower options and while a lot of the info is very helpful for people slightly in the know, I'm afraid I'm starting off in a state of complete ignorance!
Our bathroom situation is as follows:
We currently have no shower as such. We have a mixer tap on the bath, a hose and shower head coming out of it and that's our shower. The water is heated by the immersion.
The water pressure from our shower is only ok but we would like it a bit stronger for showering. Having said that I have no idea how to measure this in bars?! Any shower specs I look up say that such and such is good if you've got x bars of pressure etc. How do you find out what pressure your system works at?
Basically I'm wondering would it be best to just replace the outdated mixer unit on our bath and then get a shower pump installed by the hot water tank to give us that extra pressure for showering (btw our hot water tank looks really small to me so maybe a pump isn't even an option?), or would it make more sense to get an electric power shower installed?
I know noise is an issue with both options, but which is more economical? An electric shower or pump?
Sorry for all the questions, but any info would be really appreciated.